Chapter Seventy-Six: Song Jiang Descends to Mount Hua
Although Tong Guan still has 9,000 soldiers and horses, these 9,000 soldiers and horses have to guard the various passages of Huashan and cannot allow Song Jiang to escape, so his soldiers and horses are very scattered. Tong Guan's headquarters only has more than 3,000 soldiers and horses.
At this moment, Liangshan's army numbered ten thousand, divided into ten brigades, attacking Tong Guan's headquarters like ten sharp swords.
The quality of the Liangshan soldiers was much higher than that of the officers and soldiers, and their number was several times that of the officers and soldiers. Tong Guan was no match for him. In just half an hour, the officers and soldiers were killed and injured, and they were basically defeated.
"Enxiang, go quickly!" Tong Guan's general Feng Mei came to him and said anxiously.
Tong Guan felt unusually bitter in his heart and said, "Have you found out? Do you know where the grass bandits are?"
"Mr. Enxiang, how can we investigate the chaos of war?" Feng Mei said.
"Such a powerful grass bandit is rare in the world...it is unimaginable that he is more sophisticated than the officers and soldiers." Tong Guan muttered absentmindedly.
"Enxiang, run away quickly!" Feng Mei was very anxious, picked up Tong Guan, put him on the horse, and ran towards the distance.
Feng Mei was accompanied by 100 powerful soldiers. At this moment, he and his soldiers were in constant conflict with the army in Liangshan. In the end, the 100 soldiers were almost killed and injured, and he finally escaped with Tong Guan.
come out.
"So many people have died, how should I explain to His Majesty? To the court?" Tong Guan said painfully.
"Enxiang, if we go back and lead the troops and fight back again, we will definitely wipe out these grassroots bandits," Feng Mei said.
Feng Mei felt very uncomfortable in his heart. His soldiers had been with him for many years and were like nephews to him. Now, they were all killed in order to escape. His heart was bleeding.
Liangshan's army was still charging and killing, and Feng Mei did not dare to stop here any longer. He took Tong Guan all the way west, first to Weinan, and after taking a short rest in Weinan, he continued westward, and finally came to Chang'an.
There are still 10,000 soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and the city wall here is extremely high, so it is relatively safer. Tong Guan and Feng Mei were so frightened that they stopped here temporarily.
Above Huashan Mountain, Song Jiang, Shi Jin and others were shocked when they heard the loud shouts of killing below. They immediately sent people down to investigate.
After an hour, the spies ran up and said: "I am reporting to the two leaders that the officers and soldiers have been repulsed... Liangshan has won a great victory."
At that time, Song Jiang and Shi Jin immediately summoned the leaders of Shaohua Mountain and told the people of Shaohua Mountain about the incident.
"It's great that the officers and soldiers have withdrawn. Now thousands of our brothers on Shaohua Mountain have been saved!" The speaker was Li Jun.
There are now three factions in Shaohua Mountain, namely Song Jiang, Dai Zong, Li Kui and others, Shi Jin, Zhu Wu, Chen Da, Yang Chun and others, as well as Li Jun, Li Li, Zhang Heng and others from Jieyangling in Jiangzhou.
One faction.
Among them, Li Jun's faction has the largest number of people, but Li Jun's faction are basically masters in the water. Now that they are in the mountains, their strength has been greatly reduced.
Of course, even so, Li Jun still has a lot of say in the mountain.
Song Jiang said: "What should we do next?"
"Of course we're going to kill him!" It was Li Kui who spoke. He had been holding back on the mountain for so many days and had long wanted to go down and kill him.
"What happens after the killing? Where should we go? Continue to Shaohua Mountain?" Dai Zong said.
"I can't stay in Shaohua Mountain any longer. I have decided to go to Liangshan." Li Jun said.
"Liangshan?" Song Jiang couldn't help but frowned. He had been familiar with classics and history since he was a child, and he wanted to do something big. But by doing something big, he meant becoming an important minister of the court and doing things for the court in order to leave his name in the history books. Even if he was punished by
He was framed and had to leave Shaohua Mountain. He still thought it was because of the frame-up by treacherous ministers. He had never hated the court or the emperor because of this.
After coming to Shaohua Mountain, he hoped that Shaohua Mountain would become bigger and then be recruited by the imperial court.
Now he has basically controlled Shaohua Mountain, but if he goes to Liangshan, he will definitely not be able to control the people in Liangshan, so he immediately rejected the idea in his heart.
"We have so many heroes, why should we rely on others?" At this time, Li Kui suddenly said.
If he followed Song Jiang, Li Kui was willing to do so. But if he wanted to join Liangshan and become its subordinate, Li Kui would not agree at first.
"I heard that Liangshan is developing very prosperously, which can be seen from their ability to defeat the army. No matter what you think, I have already planned to join Liangshan." Li Jun said again.
"As far as I know, Liangshan is no different from the government. After entering there, I'm afraid I won't be as free as I am now." Shi Jin said.
"That's what Brother Shi Jin said! We men in the world drink from big bowls and eat large pieces of meat. If we enter Liangshan and become officials under Liangshan, won't we die of suffocation?" Song Jiang nodded.
"Brother... we are in the rivers and lakes, robbing homes and houses, although it is refreshing, we are still grass bandits. Liangshan's ambition is not small, it lies in the world, so I think Liangshan is the place where heroes should go." Li Jun advised.
"Brother Li Jun, it seems you have made up your mind?" Song Jiang said.
"Yes." Li Jun nodded.
"What about you?" Song Jiang looked at the others and asked.
Shi Jin said: "Of course we followed our brother."
The rest of the people did not speak anymore, and seemed to agree to follow Song Jiang. Song Jiang felt relieved and said: "The imperial court is strong, and Liangshan cannot win the world. In the end, they will still be traitors and rebel against the party. I am going to go south to the south of the Yangtze River, brothers."
Why don't you come with me to Jiangnan?"
"Jiangnan?" Li Kui was overjoyed at first and said, "Shall we go back to Jiangzhou?"
Song Jiangdao: "We can't go back to Jiangzhou. I'm going to lead my brothers to Taihu Lake. It's a good place there, not under Liangshan Mountain. Once there, it will be much more difficult for the government to encircle and suppress us."
In fact, there is a big difference between Taihu Lake and Liangshanbo. Taihu Lake is a pure lake, while Liangshanbo is a temporary large lake formed by the flooding of the Yellow River. It will disappear in decades or hundreds of years. However, because of this, there are many lakes on Liangshanbo.
The "islands" formed by the unsubmerged land can provide many people with crops, but it is impossible to do this in Taihu Lake.
However, Song Jiang does not need those "islands". What he wants to do is to rob homes and homes. In name, he is "robbing the rich and giving to the poor", but in fact he is still a grassroots bandit. So in his opinion, the geographical environment of Taihu Lake and Liangshanbo are similar, and they are both officers and soldiers.
A place that is difficult to encircle and suppress.
After saying that, everyone had no objections. Song Jiang looked at Li Jun and said, "Brother, I know you are all heroes in the water. Why don't you go to Taihu Lake with me? It's a big place there, and it's the place where you can gallop."
Li Jun felt a little hesitant. After all, he had spent a long time with Song Jiang. Song Jiang was good at winning people's hearts, and Li Jun still had some feelings for him.
But after thinking about it, Li Jun still said: "Brother Zhang Shun is in the Liangshan Navy and writes letters every day asking us to go to Liangshan. I have already agreed to him, so, brother, I'm sorry."
Hearing that Li Jun refused to follow Song Jiang to Taihu Lake, Li Kui was furious and said: "Li Jun, are you still our brother? If you must go to Liangshan, I will kill you today, you white-eyed wolf."
While talking, Li Kui had already pulled out two axes from his waist. Shi Jin, Dai Zong and others hurriedly stopped Li Kui, but Li Kui was still furious.
Li Jun didn't even look at Li Kui, but looked at Song Jiang and said sincerely: "Brother Song, I went to Liangshan because I wanted to do something big, travel across the sea, and fight with foreigners. I'm really sorry, brother."
Song Jiang sighed and said: "That's it, that's it. When you go to Liangshan, we will still be brothers."
Li Jun said: "This is natural. Brother Song will always be my eldest brother."
Song Jiang sighed, but although he lost Li Jun and his group, Dai Zong, Li Kui, Shi Jin, Zhu Wu and others were still following him, which gave him some comfort.
Shi Jin said: "Brother Song, brothers, we will go down the mountain to meet Wu Dalang in Liangshan."
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At the foot of Mount Huashan, the Liangshan army was cleaning up the battlefield and counting casualties.
"Big leader, more than 700 brothers died this time, and more than 200 brothers were seriously injured." A soldier was reporting the casualties to Wu Dong, Lin Chong and others.
"Take good care of those injured brothers and don't let them be wronged. Write down all the names of the dead brothers and engrave them in the Martyrs' Shrine after returning. From now on, their families will all be taken care of by Liangshan. Also, keep their bodies properly,
Transport them all back to Liangshan." Wu Dong looked a little unhappy. In fact, it was expected that so many people died. After all, they were fighting the strongest Northwestern Army in the imperial court. It was impossible not to die. Moreover, 10,000 people defeated the 20,000 Northwestern Army.
, only more than 700 people died, which was considered a small loss, but Wu Dong was still uncomfortable. He really didn't want to see any of his brothers die.
"Thank you, chief." Xiao Bing said gratefully.
"This is what it should be. You killed the enemy and sacrificed your life. If you can't do this, Liangshan will be so sorry for you." Wu Dong said.
According to the tradition of Liangshan, all brothers who died are remembered in the Martyrs' Shrine, and generous pensions are provided to the families of the brothers who died.
Wu Dong always felt that these people sacrificed for Liangshan, and they deserved it. In the future, if Liangshan's property is rich, more pensions will be allocated to their families, and their living conditions must be better than ordinary people.
At this moment, Shi Jin walked in and said: "Chairman, we have found the enemy's food and fodder."
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard the news. The Liangshan soldiers came lightly this time, carrying only more than ten days of rations. Now the rations have been basically used up. Obtaining the enemy's rations can be regarded as a solution to their urgent need.
"Brother Wu, Song Jiang and others have arrived." At this moment, Hu Sanniang came in and said.
"Please come quickly." Wu Dong said.
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